Foreign Affairs

Amber Rudd responds to call from statistics chief to follow ONS in scrapping system that allows select people to preview official figures

Leaked Home Office paper unveils plans to take immigration status check service entirely online

Antonia Romeo tells CSW that the government is looking for areas where “win-win” deals can be reached quickly

New investigatory powers commissioner begins role inspecting use of state surveillance by public authorities

International trade secretary draws fire for Brexit negotiations complaints

UK statistics chief Sir David Norgrove hits out at Home Office over “damaging” leak of student migration figures to media, in letter also copied to Sir Jeremy Heywood

Heads of Aircraft Carrier Alliance and Submarine Delivery Agency announced

Home secretary also indicates that ONS will set out plan to improve government’s use of administrative data next month

Sir Paul Jenkins says Brexit strategy would involve jurisdiction of European court in "all but name"

Crawford Falconer, who starts at the Department for International Trade this week, says new trade arrangements will “improve the global prospects for political openness and stability”.

Sir Malcolm McKibbin is to join the board of Co-operation Ireland after five years as top civil servant in Northern Ireland

Former foreign secretary said there was a ‘lack of confidence’ in the ministry when he took control in 2010

Think tank says that customs deal with the EU may not fully replicate exiting trade arrangements

Position paper outlines solutions to ensure 'frictionless' trade but critics say it's too 'light on detail'

Many British civil servants who worked in India leading up to the 1947 partition 'wrestled with a sapped sense of humanity', writes Colin Alexander

Whitehall official warns accelerated timetable could mean 'minimum scrutiny for vital negotiation documents'

Department has revealed advert for perm sec post received 111 applications

Comments come amid reports the government could be prepared to pay £36bn Brexit divorce bill to settle its financial commitments to the EU

Department begins recruiting for post-Brexit arm’s length body

Family-focused pilot scheme will allow staff to return to the UK every weekend

George Bridges reflects on the life of his uncle, who was son of Second World War-era cabinet secretary Edward Bridges

Paul Lincoln to lead immigration and customs-control body from September

Crawford Falconer to advise on post-Brexit deals and lead development of trade profession across the civil service